Test Strategies

If a passage asks you to look at the author's purpose, what is it asking you?

• The text features

• Why the author wrote the passage

• the boldface words

• to infer or conclude

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

If there is a picture next to a paragraph, what do you do?

• Just circle the picture and write picture next to it.

• Ignore the picture

• Just read the picture and the caption

• See how the picture connects to the paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

What is another word for infer?

• persuade

• conclude

• identify

• same

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

What is a non-fiction text?

• Text that is true and based on facts

• Text that is based on fantasy and imagination

• Text that has pictures

• text that makes you laugh

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

If you get stuck on a question, what should you do?

• Stare at the ceiling

• Ask the Teacher for the answer

• Skip it and go back to it later

• Pick a random answer

In which part of the selection would the reader find information about the history of marbles?

• The introductory paragraph

• The section titled “Marbles through Time”

• The caption under the first photograph

• The section titled “Marble Games”

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which sentence from the selection is an opinion?

• Long ago, people played games that are similar to marble games played today. (paragraph 2)

• Different types of marbles have been found in places all around the world. (paragraph 2)

• They were beautiful, and each one was unique. (paragraph 4)

• Others had swirls of one color or many different colors. (paragraph 4)

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which sentence from the selection is an opinion?

• Long ago, people played games that are similar to marble games played today. (paragraph 2)

• Different types of marbles have been found in places all around the world. (paragraph 2)

• They were beautiful, and each one was unique. (paragraph 4)

• Others had swirls of one color or many different colors. (paragraph 4)

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which phrase in paragraph 11 helps the reader understand the meaning of annual?

• fun of it

• very seriously

• This competition

• Each year

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Paragraphs 5 and 6 are mainly about how —

• inventions lowered the cost of marbles

• glassmakers figured out how to cut marbles easily

• glass is melted in order to make a marble

• the shape of marbles has improved over time

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2